| 词条 | Elf (band) |
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| name = Elf | background = group_or_band | alias = {{hlist|The Electric Elves| The Elves}} | origin = Cortland, New York, {{nowrap|United States}} | genre = {{hlist|Blues rock[1]|hard rock[2]}} | years_active = {{start date|1967}}–{{end date|75}} | label = | associated_acts = | past_members =
}}Elf was an American rock band founded in 1967[3] by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio,[2] keyboardist Doug Thaler,[3] drummer Gary Driscoll,[2] and guitarists Nick Pantas[3] and David Feinstein[2] (Dio's cousin).[3] The band was originally called the Electric Elves,[2] but was shortened to the Elves in 1968 and finally Elf in 1972.[3] Elf disbanded in 1975 after recording three albums and after most of the lineup had been absorbed into Ritchie Blackmore's new group, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.[2] HistoryThe band was formed in 1967 when the members of Ronnie Dio and the Prophets transformed themselves into the Electric Elves and added a keyboard player, Doug Thaler. In February 1968, the band was involved in an automobile accident which claimed the life of Nick Pantas.[3] The accident forced a shuffling of the band member roles as original keyboardist Thaler moved to guitar (after recovering from his injuries) and the group hired Mickey Lee Soule to take over keyboard duties.[3] Upon leaving the group in 1972, Thaler moved to New York and got a job as a booking agent — Elf was one of the bands he booked. Elf's self-titled debut album was produced by Deep Purple members Roger Glover[2] and Ian Paice,[3] who happened to see Elf auditioning in 1972.[3] For the next few years, the band enjoyed mild success as an opening act for Deep Purple.[3] Dio both sang and played the bass guitar until, following the release of Elf's first album, Craig Gruber was asked to join as bass guitarist.[3] In August 1973 Feinstein quit the band and was replaced by Steve Edwards.[3] In 1974, Elf released its second album, Carolina County Ball. That same year Dio was asked by Glover to sing on his solo album, The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast.[3] Dio's voice gained the attention of Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who was beginning to tire of Deep Purple and was looking for musicians to record a solo album. Apart from guitarist Steve Edwards (and percussionist Mark Nauseef), he decided in early 1975 to use the musicians in Elf for this album, and the band Rainbow was soon formed.[2] Though Elf had been writing and recording its third album, Trying to Burn the Sun at the same time, following the completion of that album and the Rainbow album, Elf was no more. Trying to Burn the Sun was eventually released in the U.S. in June 1975. Beginning in the late 1980s some of the former members of Elf speculated about a potential reunion of the band; however nothing formal ever took place, and by now three of the band's members have died (Driscoll in 1987, Dio in 2010, and Gruber in 2015). DiscographySingles
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TimelineImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:25 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:90 top:5 right:10 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1975 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1967 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1967 Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals id:LGuitar value:teal legend:Lead_guitar id:RGuitar value:brightgreen legend:Rhythm_guitar id:Keyboard value:purple legend:Keyboards id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Percussion value:claret legend:Percussion id:album value:black legend:Studio_releases LineData = at:08/01/1972 color:black layer:back at:04/01/1974 color:black layer:back at:06/01/1975 color:black layer:back BarData= bar:Dio text:"Ronnie James Dio" bar:Feinstein text:"David Feinstein" bar:Edwards text:"Steve Edwards" bar:Pantas text:"Nick Pantas" bar:Thaler text:"Doug Thaler" bar:Soule text:"Mickey Lee Soule" bar:Gruber text:"Craig Gruber" bar:Driscoll text:"Gary Driscoll" bar:Nauseef text:"Mark Nauseef" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Dio from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1975 color:Vocals bar:Dio from:01/01/1967 till:06/30/1973 color:Bass width:3 bar:Feinstein from:01/01/1967 till:06/30/1973 color:LGuitar bar:Edwards from:06/30/1973 till:12/31/1975 color:LGuitar bar:Pantas from:01/01/1967 till:01/07/1968 color:RGuitar bar:Gruber from:06/30/1973 till:12/31/1975 color:Bass bar:Thaler from:01/01/1967 till:01/07/1968 color:Keyboard bar:Thaler from:01/07/1968 till:03/31/1972 color:RGuitar bar:Thaler from:01/07/1968 till:03/31/1972 color:Keyboard width:3 bar:Soule from:01/07/1968 till:12/31/1975 color:Keyboard bar:Soule from:01/07/1968 till:12/31/1975 color:RGuitar width:3 bar:Driscoll from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1975 color:Drums bar:Driscoll from:01/01/1967 till:12/31/1974 color:Percussion width:3 bar:Nauseef from:01/01/1975 till:12/31/1975 color:Percussion References1. ^{{cite book|first= Jeff |last= Perkins |title= Rainbow – Uncensored on the Record |year= 2011 |publisher= Coda Books |quote= Elf was essentially a blues-rock band performing material that gave Dio the perfect opportunity to display his impressive vocal talent |isbn= 978-1-908538-57-4}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Elf|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/elf-p4179|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-12-08}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite web|title=Ronny Dio's Early Years|url=http://www.padavona.com/history.html|publisher=Pavadona.com|accessdate=2011-12-08}} External links
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